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JCB’s Hydrogen Engine Approved For Use

Stuart Mitchell

JCB has cleared significant hurdles in its development of the world’s first hydrogen combustion engine after securing landmark rulings from licensing authorities allowing it to be used commercially in machines, the company announced today. JCB is the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen and a team of 150 engineers has been working on the exciting £100 million development for over three years. Today JCB confirmed that 11 licensing authorities across Europe have now given permission for JCB’s hydrogen engine to be sold…

More Than 150 Nobel And World Food Prize Laureates Issue Unprecedented Wake-Up Call Over Hunger Tipping Point

Stuart Mitchell

More than 150 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates have made an unprecedented plea for financial and political backing to develop “moonshot” technologies with the greatest chance of averting a hunger catastrophe in the next 25 years. In an open letter signed by 133 winners of the Nobel Prize and World Food Prize, the signatories warned that the world was “not even close” to meeting future food needs, with an estimated 700 million people going hungry today and an additional 1.5 billion people to feed by 2050. The letter predicted…

UK supply chains get safeguarding boost

Stuart Mitchell

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) awards £13 million to make UK supply chains more resilient. Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded £5 million to create a new network plus for reimagining supply chains in food, fashion and critical minerals. An additional £7.25 million has been shared among five research projects focused on strengthening the UK’s food system. New centre for reimagining supply chains The ReImagining Supply Chains Network Plus (RiSC+) will bring together experts from academia, industry and government to map out potential supply chain disruptions and find ways to…

The Road Safety Trust Announces £2.4 Million in Grants to Transform UK Road Safety

Stuart Mitchell

In a significant step towards its ambition of achieving ‘Vision Zero’ – zero deaths and serious injuries on UK roads – The Road Safety Trust has announced £2.4 million in grant funding for 11 pioneering projects. From cutting-edge trauma research, to testing the effectiveness of child cycle helmets, these varied projects have the potential to reduce collisions, improve post-crash treatment and care and save lives in communities across the country. Among the projects to receive funding is ‘IMPACT’, led by the Devon Air Ambulance Trust. This research programme will focus…

Independent advisory group publishes advice for mobilising adaptation and resilience investment in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The independent Land, Nature and Adapted Systems (LNAS) Advisory Group has released its second and final report, providing a framework to define adaptation and resilience enabling investments to mobilise adaptation finance and increase the nation’s resilience to escalating climate risks. Globally, increasingly frequent and extreme weather events and chronic risks from rising sea levels and coastal erosion threaten lives and economies.[1] The message is clear, no region is immune to the mounting pressure of climate change and adaptation is essential in a 1.5°C, or warmer, world. In this report titled…